Pipe-hanger.



T; J. MORRIS.

PIPE HANGER.

APPLICATION HLED JUNE 10. 1915.

Patented Jan. 14, 1919.

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IN VEN TOR.

- State of o and useful Improvements in Pipe-Hangers,

THOMAS J. MORRIS, or srnmermnn, iuessnon'osnr'rs.

PIPE-HANGER.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Jan. 14, 1919.

' Application filed June 10, 1915.1 Serial rt. 33,314. g

' To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS .LMORRIS, a citizen of: the United States, residing at Springfield, in the county of Hampden and Massachusetts, have invented new of which the following is a specification.

My invention'relates to means for supporting water,-steam, or other pipe from a ceilin or other overhead support.

It asfor its object the providing of'a' simple and inexpensive form of hanger forv supporting pipe of various sizes and especially large and heavy piping, subject to longitudinal expansion and contraction, and also the providing of a pipe hanger which may be readily taken apart in one or more ways-to permit the ready insertion or removal of the pipe, and a hanger .which may be readily ad uSted;

In the accompanying drawings in which like letters of reference indicate like parts,

' Figure 1 is a side view of the hanger.

V Fig. 2' is an edge viewof the yoke of the hanger. A

' Fig. 3 is a view of the supporting roll detached from the yoke.

Fig.4 is a plan view of the yoke as seen from the top, the side arms being broken away,an T

Fig.5 is a perspective view of 1 a modifica tion showing a supporting boltand 1ocknut. h y

Fig. an a pei-speaive view oflthe" top 'portion' of the yokein modified v The construction and operationof my fOI'I D. 1

device will be readily understood on'reference to the drawings in connection herewith The hanger comprises a yoke havm the a, and depending arms 6... hesep Pa provided at their lower ends w1th SIIIISBIG the hook portions 0. 'The pipe supporting roller d is provided with the portions 6 o lessfdiameter than the body POI'tlOIl Of-StSlZe torest within. the hook-portions c of the yoke, and to-provide against danger of the rollergslipping 'outof place by -reason of t the spreadingof the arms I),

or by reason of. imperfect construction, I" provide the roller with the enlarged portions f at each end. The roller is longitudinally curved to fit the size of pipe-as the same may be emy changing the roller the remainder of the hanger may be employed for different sizes ployed with. It will readily be seen that.

of pipe and the" pipe in each instance be given support over a considerable area.

While various means for supportingthe hanger may be employed I prefer to provide a lag-screw or supporting bolt 9 adapted at its upper portion to be screwed into a timber and with its lower or remaining porv tion provided with a machine thread, upon which are mounted the threaded nuts h and 01 so that the hanger may be adjusted vertically by turning the lag. screw 9 toa greater or lesser extent and also by moving 4' the .nut i on thejstraight portion. of the lag screw, thus raising or loweringthe yoke, the nut it being employed to maintain the hanger f firmly in position on' the lag screw 9 and prevent. vertical movementof the yoke'when the pipe and roller are placed in position.

As a modification and in order'to enableme to detach the yoke from the supporting member without turning the nut to'any appreciable extent I show in Fig. 5 a-construction wherein the top portion a of the yoke is provided with a lateral opening 7' of a size sulficient to receive the body of the lag screw 9 and to prevent lateral displacement I provide a member 70 having overhanging art Z which depends fromthe member'k be- Y hQ upper surface. of the part a and prevents movement of the part V0 in the direction of the open'slot j. I also provide the part'k'with the depending lug m, which rests within'the recess 7' and thus the whole is held firmly in position when the lag screw is turned up so that its head or a nut as before referredto,.bears against the under f surface of the part a. It'will readily be seen that the Part 70 may be threaded to engage. threads on thel-a screw 9 or that the open:

ing'in the part may be sufliciently large to slide over the threaded portion of the lag :screw. g and that nuts may fas hereinbefore explained.

be employed 5 by Letters Patent, is,

It will readily be' seen that various feaa lateral slot in its top portion, a. member as 7 tuIes mayv be modified to a, considerable exk adapted to receive a supportin bolt and tent without departing from my invention. provided-with a. depending mem r as l to 1.0 Having thereforedescribed my invention, prevent lateral movement of the member I: 5 what I claim as new and desire to secure until the member \70 is moved vertically from its normal position. r 1 Api hanger comprising a, yoke having 1 -THOMAS J. MORRIS. 

